#491FA0#491FA0

#491FA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.189 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491FA0
RGB	rgb(73, 31, 160)
HSL	hsl(260, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 80.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.55, 49.31, -61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.55, 79.16, 308.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% 0.062 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.189 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5809, 4.9340, 33.6984)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491FA0 #76A01F

analogous

#1F35A0 #491FA0 #8A1FA0

triadic

#491FA0 #A0491F #1FA049

tetradic

#491FA0 #A01F35 #76A01F #1FA08A

square

#491FA0 #A01F35 #76A01F #1FA08A

split-complementary

#491FA0 #A08A1F #35A01F

monochromatic

#1A0B39 #32156D #491FA0 #6029D3 #865ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#491FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#491FA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491FA0

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491FA0	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 31, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.189 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661bd',
    500: '#491fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491fa0;
$custom-light: #8661bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.535,
    "s": 67.539,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38925,
    "c": 0.18862,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491FA0

secondary

#A0C358

accent

#EA3DB2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #491FA0

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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